Nate Erskine-Smith
@beynate.bsky.social
MP for Beaches-East York | Host of uncommons.ca podcast
Merry Christmas from our family to yours
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Merry Christmas from our family to yours
Another year of pranks, hugs, and arts and crafts. Hard to believe CJ’s already 6!
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Another year of pranks, hugs, and arts and crafts. Hard to believe CJ’s already 6!
Finished off this parliamentary session with a productive meeting with the PM. Lots of opportunity for positive collaboration alongside constructive criticism.
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Finished off this parliamentary session with a productive meeting with the PM. Lots of opportunity for positive collaboration alongside constructive criticism.
The team was out in full force helping Access Alliance Holiday Hamper program at Secord Public School. If you can, think about making a donation to one of the many holiday hamper programs across the community.
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The team was out in full force helping Access Alliance Holiday Hamper program at Secord Public School. If you can, think about making a donation to one of the many holiday hamper programs across the community.
Meta blocks me from posting the link to this story but doesn't stop ads for unregulated drugs.
Makes no sense.
Makes no sense.
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Meta blocks me from posting the link to this story but doesn't stop ads for unregulated drugs.
Makes no sense.
Makes no sense.
Today marks 10 years since the TRCs final report on residential schools. We’ve seen significant albeit imperfect progress since and there’s much more for us to do together.
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Today marks 10 years since the TRCs final report on residential schools. We’ve seen significant albeit imperfect progress since and there’s much more for us to do together.
Listen to our new #uncommonspod episode with past TRC commissioner Willie Littlechild and former Six Nations Chief Ava Hill. We talk about the state of reconciliation and the importance of sport.
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Listen to our new #uncommonspod episode with past TRC commissioner Willie Littlechild and former Six Nations Chief Ava Hill. We talk about the state of reconciliation and the importance of sport.
Happy Chanukah to Jewish communities celebrating the Festival of Lights across our east end and country. Wishing you happiness, time with family, and light over darkness.
December 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Happy Chanukah to Jewish communities celebrating the Festival of Lights across our east end and country. Wishing you happiness, time with family, and light over darkness.
Reposted by Nate Erskine-Smith
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enjoyed a lively dialogue with a wonderful MP, Nate Erskine-Smith.
enjoyed a lively dialogue with a wonderful MP, Nate Erskine-Smith.
ABC Democracy with Raffi
Watch now | Nate is joined by the great troubadour Raffi for a wide-ranging discussion about his music, advocacy, and the importance of child honouring
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December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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enjoyed a lively dialogue with a wonderful MP, Nate Erskine-Smith.
enjoyed a lively dialogue with a wonderful MP, Nate Erskine-Smith.
Like many Canadians, I grew up listening to @raffic.bsky.social. So it was unreal to have the inspiring troubadour join me for this #uncommonspod.
We discuss his music, his advocacy for peace and the planet, and the importance of his child honouring philosophy.
We discuss his music, his advocacy for peace and the planet, and the importance of his child honouring philosophy.
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Like many Canadians, I grew up listening to @raffic.bsky.social. So it was unreal to have the inspiring troubadour join me for this #uncommonspod.
We discuss his music, his advocacy for peace and the planet, and the importance of his child honouring philosophy.
We discuss his music, his advocacy for peace and the planet, and the importance of his child honouring philosophy.
Grand bargains, deja vu, and why a clear-eyed ambitious climate plan is critical. Some thoughts on the Canada-Alberta MOU.
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The Canada-Alberta MOU
YouTube video by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, M.P., Beaches-East York
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Grand bargains, deja vu, and why a clear-eyed ambitious climate plan is critical. Some thoughts on the Canada-Alberta MOU.
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How should we spend our time and talents? Historian and author Rutger Bregman talks Moral Ambition and the school he's co-founded to help tackle our biggest challenges.
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
How should we spend our time and talents? Historian and author Rutger Bregman talks Moral Ambition and the school he's co-founded to help tackle our biggest challenges.
Not the usual question for a politician ha. Full article about authenticity, honesty and ideas in our politics @thewalrus.ca
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December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Not the usual question for a politician ha. Full article about authenticity, honesty and ideas in our politics @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/nate-erskine...
thewalrus.ca/nate-erskine...
A powerful voice for Indigenous rights and education in Canada. With her own background one of both Anishinaabe and Polish descent, @tanyatalaga.bsky.social writes: “from the legacies of these dual branches of genocide, one on Turtle Island and one far off in Eastern Europe - comes my knowing.”
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A powerful voice for Indigenous rights and education in Canada. With her own background one of both Anishinaabe and Polish descent, @tanyatalaga.bsky.social writes: “from the legacies of these dual branches of genocide, one on Turtle Island and one far off in Eastern Europe - comes my knowing.”
Some thoughts on an MP’s role, and why reasonable disagreement within our parties is both good politics and policy so long as it’s focused on ideas.
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
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New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
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A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
Honesty and authenticity remain essential and we can’t shy away from sharing ideas simply because they might be taken out of context by bad faith political attacks. But we can avoid making it personal...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some thoughts on an MP’s role, and why reasonable disagreement within our parties is both good politics and policy so long as it’s focused on ideas.
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
www.uncommons.ca/p/a-little-s...
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
www.uncommons.ca/p/a-little-s...
A headline I wasn’t expecting to read ha
More seriously, our politics is better when we make it about ideas and welcome thoughtful debate and disagreement.
More seriously, our politics is better when we make it about ideas and welcome thoughtful debate and disagreement.
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A headline I wasn’t expecting to read ha
More seriously, our politics is better when we make it about ideas and welcome thoughtful debate and disagreement.
More seriously, our politics is better when we make it about ideas and welcome thoughtful debate and disagreement.
#uncommonspod live with Tanya Talaga talking about The Knowing
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#uncommonspod live with Tanya Talaga talking about The Knowing
Kicking off the season with Centre 55’s Santa Claus Parade
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Kicking off the season with Centre 55’s Santa Claus Parade
Lest we forget. Thankful to all who have served and sacrificed.
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lest we forget. Thankful to all who have served and sacrificed.
RSVP for our next Uncommons Live with award-winning journalist and author Tanya Talaga, November 19 at Beach United.
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
RSVP for our next Uncommons Live with award-winning journalist and author Tanya Talaga, November 19 at Beach United.
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
Happy Halloween from the K-Pop Demon Hunters crew
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Happy Halloween from the K-Pop Demon Hunters crew
My office has been ready for tonight for many years now.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My office has been ready for tonight for many years now.
After taking public money and with commitments to protect Canadian jobs, Stellantis is shifting production from Brampton to Illinois. Incredibly, the company’s president told us that Canada “is more than a market, it’s a home” at the same time as it abandons our workers and undermines the sector.
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
After taking public money and with commitments to protect Canadian jobs, Stellantis is shifting production from Brampton to Illinois. Incredibly, the company’s president told us that Canada “is more than a market, it’s a home” at the same time as it abandons our workers and undermines the sector.
Phil Demers, Marineland trainer turned whistleblower, joins me for an #uncommonspod recorded outside Marineland’s gates. We talk about different solutions to save the remaining whales and other animals, and why governments should lead on this instead of playing a reactive role.
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Phil Demers, Marineland trainer turned whistleblower, joins me for an #uncommonspod recorded outside Marineland’s gates. We talk about different solutions to save the remaining whales and other animals, and why governments should lead on this instead of playing a reactive role.